by tidesman » Sun Jun 11, 2017 6:32 pm
MARGAM fire-fighting tug.
O.N. 337448. 278g. 0n. 111' 9" x 31' 0" x 15' 9"
9-cyl. 4 S.C.S.A. (12½" x 14½") Ruston 9ATCM type by English Electric Diesels Ltd., Ruston Engine Division, Lincoln, geared to a fixed pitch propeller operating within a Kort steerable nozzle. 2,190bhp. 13½ kts. 40 tons bollard pull.
20.4.1970: Keel laid by Richard Dunston (Hessle) Ltd., Hessle (Yard No. S.873) for the Alexandra Towing Company Ltd.
17.8.1970: Launched
11.1970: Completed.
1.1.1996: Owners restyled as Howard Smith Towage Ltd.
2.1997: Sold to associates of West Coast Towing (I. of M.) Ltd., (West Coast Towing (U.K.) Ltd., managers), Swansea, and renamed HURRICANE H.
5.2001: Sold to Wijsmuller PT Ltd. (Wijsmuller Marine Ltd., managers).
2002: Owner restyled as Svitzer PT Ltd. (Svitzer Marine Ltd., managers).
5.2007: Sold to Marman UK Ltd., London, dry-docked at Milford Haven and subsequently renamed HURRICANE.
2008: Sold to Searoom Shipping Ltd., London and Piraeus.
2008: Sold to Poseidon Salvage & Towage Maritime Company, Piraeus, and renamed VOUKEFALAS.
2009: To Panama flag.
5.2015: To Poseidon Salvage Maritime Co Ltd and to Cook Islands flag.
2.2017: To Poseidon Salvage Shipping Co Ltd and to Togo flag
4.2017: Still on SeaWeb as in service, but without any updates.